dead horse
Example Sentences
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Just saying it once feels like I’m beating a dead horse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
It’s also largely responsible for the smell of the delicately-named dead horse arum, a relative of the so-called corpse flower, or titan arum.
From Salon ● May 31, 2025
“I think you would like to have those players playing in an ideal world, but I feel like we’re sort of beating a dead horse in this media room a little bit,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
The dead horse was found by a citizen in Hempstead, about 50 miles northwest of Houston, at around 8:30 a.m.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
I know beyond any doubt they have seen far worse things than a dead horse falling out of the sky.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
